Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Xining: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qiaotou (35 km away). In October its highs average 10.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Xining, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks joint 810th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 298th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Xining is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 9.3 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Xining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 81 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 22.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.3 | 2.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.3°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.710 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Qiaotou in OctoberChina · 35 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Nianbo in OctoberChina · 61 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in OctoberChina · 126 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Wuwei in OctoberChina · 164 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in OctoberChina · 173 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Lanzhou in OctoberChina · 197 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Jinchang in OctoberChina · 212 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Baiyin in OctoberChina · 216 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 29 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xining) is explained once on the Xining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.